hotwav Note 18 Pro vs realme GT8 Pro
hotwav
Note 18 Pro
realme
GT8 Pro
At a glance
- Brand
- Hotwav
- realme
- Release date
- November 2025, 6 months ago
- October 2025, 7 months ago
- AnTuTu
- 308.681 Antutu v10 Overall performance better than 61% of devices
- 3.913.522 Antutu v11 Overall performance better than 99% of devices
- Launch price
- —
- € 1,199.00 ($ 1,405.62)
Display
- Size
- 7.2"
- 6.79"
- Resolution
- 720 x 1560 px HD+
- 1440 x 3136 px WQHD+
- Type
- LCD IPS
- AMOLED BOE Q10+
- Density
- 239 ppi Medium Density
- 508 ppi Very high density
- Aspect ratio
- 21:9
- 20:9
- Features
- Water Drop Notch, Refresh rate 120 Hz, Brightnes 450 cd/m² (typ), 2.5D curved glass screen, Panda glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless, In-cell
- Hole-punch Notch, SGS Certified, TÜV Low Blue Light, 1-165 Hz refresh rate, Refresh rate 144 Hz, Touch sampling rate 360 Hz, Brightnes 1000 cd/m² (typ), Max brightness HBM - 2000 cd/m², Peak brightness - 7000 cd/m², HDR10+, DCI-P3, DC dimming, 10 Bits panel, Dolby Vision, Scratch resistant, Crystal Armor Glass, Capacitive, Multi-touch, Frameless
Performance
- Chipset
- Unisoc Tiger T615 (T7250)
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5
- CPU
- 2 x ARM Cortex A75 1.8Ghz + 6 x ARM Cortex A55 1.6Ghz
- 2x4.61 GHz ARM + 6x3.63 GHz ARM
- CPU type
- Octa-Core
- Octa-Core
- Process
- 12 nm
- 3 nm
- Frequency
- 1.8 GHz
- 4.61 GHz
- GPU
- Mali-G57 MP1
- Adreno 840 1.2 GHz
- RAM
- 6 GB
- 16 GB
- 64-bit
- Yes
- Yes
- RAM type
- —
- RAM LPDDR5X
Rear camera
- Resolution
- 50 Mpx
- 50 Mpx
- Aperture
- ƒ/ 1.8
- ƒ/ 1.8
- Sensor
- Samsung
- Sony IMX906
- Flash
- LED
- Dual LED
- Optical stabilization
- No
- Yes
- Slow motion
- No, 30 fps
- Yes, 960 fps
- Features
- Digital zoom, Dual camera, Autofocus, Touch focus, Geotagging, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer
- UIS, Noise reduction, Time-Lapse, 4K Video, 8K Video, Digital zoom, Optical zoom, Triple camera, Digital image stabilization, Optical Stabilization (OIS), Autofocus, Touch focus, Manual focus, Phase detection autofocus (PDAF), Laser autofocus (LAF), Continuous shooting, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Scene mode, Self-timer, RAW, Night Mode
- Pixel size
- —
- 1.00 µm
- Sensor size
- —
- 1/1.56"
Front camera
- Resolution
- 8 Mpx
- 32 Mpx
- Aperture
- Unknow
- ƒ/ 2.4
- Sensor
- Hynix HI-846
- GalaxyCore GC32E2
- Pixel size
- 1.12 µm
- 0.70 µm
Battery
- Capacity
- 6200 mAh
- 7000 mAh
- Type
- Li-Polymer
- Si-Carbon Li-Ion
- Fast charge
- Yes , 20.0W
- Yes , 120.0W
- Charge cycles
- 1000 cycles
- 1100 cycles
- Runtime
- ~ 56h
- ~ 61h
- Features
- Non-removable
- Wireless charging, Reverse charging, Non-removable
- Wireless charging
- —
- 50W Wireless charging
Storage
- Capacity
- 128 GB
- 512 GB
- Type
- eMMC 5.1 Storage
- UFS Storage 4.1
- SD slot
- Yes , Slot for SD or second SIM card
- No
Body
- Dimensions
- 84.0 mm 176.2 mm 8.6 mm Print 3D Model
- 76.9 mm 161.8 mm 8.2 mm Print 3D Model
- Weight
- 225 g
- 214 g
- Materials
- Plastic
- Glass , Aluminium
- Colors
- Blue Gold Green
- White Blue Green
- Drop resistance
- Class A B C D E 180 drops without defects
- Class A B C D E 60 drops without defects
- Repairability
- Class A B C D E
- Class A B C D E
- Usable surface
- 87 %
- 90 %
- Water/dust resistance
- —
- IP68, IP69
Software
- Operating system
- Android 15 Android 15
- Android 16 RealmeUI 7.0 (Android 16)
- Google services
- With Google Mobile Services
- With Google Mobile Services
- Updates
- —
- OS updates: 5 years, Security updates: 5 years
Connectivity
- SIM
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM)
- Dual SIM Dual Standby (Nano SIM + Nano SIM / eSIM)
- Bluetooth
- Bluetooth 5.2
- Bluetooth 6.0 LELow energy consumption
- Bluetooth profiles
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile)
- A2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile), LE (Low Energy), APT-x, LDAC, SBC, AAC
- Wi-Fi
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11ac
- 802.11a , 802.11b , 802.11g , 802.11n , 802.11n 5GHz , 802.11ac, WiFi 6 (802.11ax) , WiFi 7 (802.11be)
- Wi-Fi features
- Wi-Fi Hotspot
- Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display, Wi-Fi MiMO
- USB
- USB Type-C
- USB Type-C
- USB features
- Charging, OTG
- Charging, OTG
- Navigation
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, Galileo
- GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), BeiDou (B1), Galileo (E1+E5a), BeiDou (B2), NavIC System, QZSS (L1 + L5)
Networks
- 4G LTE
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B66 (1700/2100)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B4 (1700/2100 AWS 1), B5 (850), B7 (2600), B8 (900), B12 (700), B13 (700), B17 (700), B18 (800), B19 (800), B20 (800), B26 (850), B28b (700), B28a (700), B34 (TDD 2100), B38 (TDD 2600), B39 (TDD 1900), B40 (TDD 2300), B41 (TDD 2500), B42 (TDD 3500), B48 (TDD 3600), B66 (1700/2100), B71 (600)
- 3G
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B8 (900)
- B1 (2100), B2 (1900), B4 (1700/2100 AWS A-F), B5 (850), B6 (800), B8 (900), B19 (800)
- 2G
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- B2 (1900), B3 (1800), B5 (850), B8 (900)
- 5G
- —
- n1 (2100), n2 (1900 PCS), n3 (1800), n5 (850), n7 (2600), n8 (900), n20 (800), n28b (700), n28a (700), n38 (2600), n40 (2300), n41 (2500), n48 (3500), n66 (1700), n71 (600), n77 (3700), n78 (3500), n79 (4700), n80 (1800), n84 (2100)
Sensors & security
- Fingerprint
- Yes, on the side
- Yes, in screen
- Accelerometer
- Yes
- Yes
- Light sensor
- Yes
- Yes
- Cooling system
- No
- Yes
- Audio
- DTS / DTS X, Stereo Speakers
- Hi-Res Audio, Noise cancellation microphone, Stereo Speakers, 2 microphones
- Gyroscope
- —
- Yes
- Proximity
- —
- Yes
